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UC Davis Medical Center honored for second year as LGBT 'Leader in Healthcare Equality'

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) —

For the second year in a row, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization today has recognized UC Davis Medical Center as a "Leader in Healthcare Equality" for creating a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment for LGBT patients and employees.

"We are proud of the work that we have accomplished to improve access and deliver high-quality patient care to meet the health-care needs of the LGBT community," said UC Davis Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Ann Madden Rice. "We will continue to strive to enhance the patient-care experience and address health disparities that this patient population has traditionally experienced."

UC Davis Medical Center is a comprehensive academic medical center where clinical practice, teaching and research converge to advance human health. Centers of excellence include the National Cancer Institute-designated UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center; the region's only level 1 pediatric and adult trauma centers; the UC Davis MIND Institute, devoted to finding treatments and cures for neurodevelopmental disorders; and the UC Davis Children's Hospital. The medical center serves a 33-county, 65,000-square-mile area that stretches north to the Oregon border and east to Nevada. It further extends its reach through the award-winning telemedicine program, which gives remote, medically underserved communities throughout California unprecedented access to specialty and subspecialty care. For more information, visit medicalcenter.ucdavis.edu.